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Electrifying Lives with Community Empowerment

IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 2020
This paper presents a framework for designing scalable and sustainable electrification solutions for off-grid electrification in energy deficient areas. A case study is presented on the development of a community microgrid solution in an energy deficient village on the Sumba island in Indonesia, based on the available renewable energy sources ...
Rohit Chandra   +5 more
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COMMUNITY, CITIZENSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT

Sociology, 1999
What is ‘community’? This question exercises the four books which form the basis of this review essay and links a disparate collection together. Each text covers substantially different subjects in addressing the relevance of community in diverse settings.
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Communication and community empowerment

Peace Review, 1999
Scholars of contemporary society say that communities empower themselves when people share common goals and act together for social change. These communities often share a vision of “civil society,” where people of all classes and races are committed to the common good.
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Community empowerment

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine Communities First, an area‐based regeneration policy in Wales to explore the barriers to community empowerment. Three related research projects provide data to inform the discussion of community empowerment and to consider the implications of delivery of the policy for theorising the relationship between ...
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Empowerment praxis in community coalitions

American Journal of Community Psychology, 1995
AbstractCommunity coalitions address a wide variety of community problems, espousing a community development processes that promotes individual and collective self‐determination. They offer a promising venue for the study of empowerment of individuals and organizations.
McMillan, Brad   +4 more
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